MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS FROM REFINITIV Refinitiv provides complete coverage of global mergers and acquisitions activity, featuring individual deal details, comprehensive market analyses and industry standard league table rankings for the deal- making community. Refinitiv M&A content covers more than 1.2 million deals, including nearly 360,000 U.S.-target and nearly 870,000 non-U.S.-target transactions since the 1970s. Content overview Sample workflows Global public and private M&A activity, including mergers of • How do your fees and activity levels compare to those of equals, leveraged buyouts, tender offers, reverse takeovers, your competitors? divestitures, stake purchases, spin-offs (de-mergers) and • What is the value of options and convertibles in a given repurchases. The Refinitiv Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) database transaction? tracks changes in economic ownership at ultimate parent level in • How are comparable deals in the biotech industry valued? ongoing business concerns. All deals involving a purchase of at • How does this year’s merger volume compare to that of the least a 5% stake – or 3% with a value of at least US$1 million – are previous year? tracked (subject to criteria). • Which industries and regions offer the best prospects for Database statistics new business? • Which recent stock swap mergers had a collar on their Date range: 1970s to present exchange ratio? Geography: Worldwide • Which players have been active buyers in your industry? Coverage: Nearly 1.2 million M&A deals Sources Update frequency: Hourly Refinitiv’s comprehensive deals content is sourced through direct Key content highlights deal submissions from global banking and legal contributors Over 1,000 data elements, including target and acquirer profiles coupled with extensive research performed by a global team of (industry, location, parent company information), deal terms dedicated research analysts across a broad range of sources, (lockups, acquisition techniques; percent acquired, consideration including regulatory filings, corporate statements, media and offered), financial and legal advisor assignments and fees, deal pricing wires to attain the most robust information pertinent to value; stock premiums, synopsis and event history, deal status, a transaction. financial information on target and acquirer, financial sponsors, Database coverage investor group detail, purchase and pooling accounting, attitude of the seller board to bid and more. Refinitiv includes underwritten deals, private placements and best efforts deals in all database products. Who uses the data? Quality and timeliness Investment banks, law firms, hedge funds, educational institutions, trustees and business consultants use deals data to monitor A robust series of quality assurance checks is processed daily and report on transaction activity, perform market share analysis, to ensure the highest-quality content is available to clients. identify new business opportunities, conduct lost business M&A content is updated hourly on Refinitiv products. analysis, produce pitch books and marketing and research comparable deals. Refinitiv M&A League Tables and transaction information are Products published in leading global financial publications, including: • Eikon® • The Financial Times • The Wall Street Journal • Deals Analytics via Eikon for Office • The New York Times • South China Morning Post • Deals Business Intelligence • The Globe and Mail • Businessweek • SDC Platinum® • The American Lawyer • Reuters News • Custom Datafeed Solutions • Forbes • Fortune Mergers and Acquisitions from Refinitiv 2 Mergers and Acquisitions Database inclusions Mergers and Acquisitions Database exclusions • Acquisitions of private companies resulting in change of control • Acquisition of film rights at the ultimate parent level • Acquisition of land • Concessions, if 20 years or more • Acquisition of nonconvertible preferred shares or saving shares • Divestment of company, division or trading assets resulting in (nonvoting) change of control at ultimate parent level • Acquisition of ships except cruise ships and drilling barges with • Dual-headed collapses and share unifications transaction value of US$100 million or less • Equity carve-out of a wholly owned subsidiary only when 100% • Acquisitions of stakes in start-up companies (companies not sold via IPO yet operational) • Government equity carve-outs of any percentage • Acquisitions or mergers of wholly owned subsidiaries or any • Exchange offers (company offers to exchange new securities internal restructuring for its equity securities outstanding or its securities convertible • Awards of licenses or rights to operate into equity) • Consolidation of multiple classes of stock • RTC sales of failed U.S. banks • Conversion of a company to a limited partnership • Acquisition of stakes in existing JVs or the formation of a JV by • Distribution rights from a manufacturer to a distributor merging existing assets • Equity placement which would only maintain or reduce a • Leveraged buyouts, management buyouts/buy-ins shareholder stake (e.g., rights issue, open offer) • Mergers • Formation of JVs and cash-only alliances where no assets are • Pharmaceuticals (post-clinical trials) and other brand rights changing hands • Privatizations • Leaseback or acquisitions of operating leases or financial • Property leases • Real estate (completed buildings with a value of $100 million • Mini-tender offers or above) • Multiple bids in the auction, bankruptcy or receivership process • Recapitalizations as individual transactions • Reverse takeovers • Open market share disposal unless part of a privatization • Rumored transactions • Privatization of services or contracts (e.g., phone or postal • Sale of licensed operating asset (subsequent to award services) of license) • Re-incorporations • Seeking buyer transactions (e.g., auctions, bankruptcy or • Stake purchases by mutual funds or institutional investors receivership sales) • Spin-offs or de-mergers of any size • Stake purchases and repurchases (minimum 5% stake for undisclosed value deals and minimum 3% stake for deals with a value of $1 million or above) • Tender offers • Tracking stock More information Americas: Asia: For product support, please Robert Levine Catherina Guinto-Roldan contact the help desk: For more detail regarding [email protected] catherina.guintoroldan@ the league table criteria and U.S.: +1 888 989 8373 +1 646 223 5682 refinitiv.com research methodology, please Europe: +44 870 191 0591 +81 3 6441 1142 contact the following members EMEA: Hong Kong: +852 3762 3588 Christina Stavrou of the Refinitiv Deals team: Japan: +81 3 5218 6580 [email protected] +44 207 542 0961 Visit refinitiv.com @Refinitiv Refinitiv RE1129572/2-20.